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John S. Thurber, M.D.
BACKGROUND
Tulane University (B. Arch.)
Tulane University School of Medicine (M.D. 1994)
National Naval Medical Center Bethesda General Surgery Residency (1996-2000)
University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2001-2004)
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Walter Reed Army Medical C
Navy Specialty Leader for Cardiothoracic Surgery (2005- 2014)
Asst Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2004- 2014)
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2009-2014)
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda (2007-2014)
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, UAB/ Brookwood Baptist Health, Birmingham, AL (2014-2019)
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Ascension St. Vincent’s Birmingham (2019-2024)
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, UAB/ St. Vincent’s Birmingham (2024-present)
OTHER INTERESTS
Minimally Invasive Mitral valve repair, aortic valve replacement
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysm
Surgery for arrythmia
Robotic-assisted Thoracic Surgery, Lobectomy
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